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Feb. 14, 1928. 1,658,870

c. K. VOLCKENING CASING FOR RADIATORS AND HUMIDIFIERS Filed D80. 15, 1925 5 =F1QUHEL M298 av -vii:

INVENTOR Malena/lg f/M, v ATTORNEY Patented F eb, 14, 1.928.

I UNITED sTa'-rr-.s

PATENT I orrlcs.

CHARLES KASP ER- VOLGKENING, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T GEORGE GOULD BERRY, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK.

CASING non R DrATons AND numrnlrrnns. I

Application filed December 15, 1925. Serial No. 75,579; I

My invention relates to casings for radia-- tors and humidifiers; 1 More particularly stated, my-invention comprehends an improved casing and an -improved water pan connected therewith.

Reference is made to the accompanying drawing forming a part. of this specification, and in which like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the several figures.

' Figure 1 is a side view, partly an elevation andfpartly a section, showing my invention. V

Figure 2' is a plan view of the device,

partly broken away;

Figure 3 is a section on the line 38 of Figure 2, lookingin thedirection indicated by the arrows.

Figure 1 is an end elevation of my device.

Figuree is an enlarged fragmentary section on the line 55 of Figure 2, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows,

with a pipe6 and ahand' valve 7, these parts being of the usualor any preferred construction; a

Resting uponthe radiator 5 is my improved-water pan 8, used forhumidifying.

39, or moisteningthe' air, as heated and circulated by the radlator. The water pan contains a volume of water 9, which gradually.

evaporates and is replaced from time to 1 time, as hereinafter described.

diator casing I provide a pair of end plates 10 and 11 and a pair of side plates 12 and '13, each plate provided with perforations 14 to facilitate the passage'of air through the casing.

' The end plates are each provided with a number of corner eyes 15, and the sideplates. are each provided with corner eyes 16. The corner. eyes carried by each plate are spaced apart, and so alined relatively to each other that when the plates are fitted together, as indicated in Figure 2, the eyes carried by each end plate are brought into dovetail engagement with the eyes ofthe side plates, somewhat after the manner in which the'eyes of different portions of an ordinary two-part door hinge are interfitted.

In the construction of my improved ra-.

For the purpose of holding the plates together when their eyes are thus brought into alinement, I provide corner rods 17. These corner rods, four in number, are simply threaded vertically downward through the eyes atthe four corners of the casing as indicated in Figure 4.

The radiator casing is provided with a top plate 18 having eyes .19 similar to the eyes already described, and co-related to other eyes'20,with which the side plates 12 and 13 are provided. I

The end plates 10 and 11 are each provided with a slot .21 for; accommodating the water pan 8, as hereinafter more fully explaine i The end plate 11 is provided with aslot 22, to facilitateplacing this end plate down over the pipe 6, as indicated in Figure 4.

I provide two corner rods 23, whichare threaded through'the eyes 19 and20 above described,and are thus used for connectin the top plate 18 with the side plates, and A radiator is shown at 5, and is provided rection of the length thereof, and thuswhen in position are normally horizontal, and parallel with ,eachotheiz/ These guide rods are held in position bythe aid ofnuts 28, detachably mounted uponthe ends thereof, as indicated more particularlyinFigure 2.

luy improved, dust-catching screen is made in three. sections 29, 30 and 81, each made, of material through which air can pass freely, butthrough which particles of dust and smoke donot pass,-so that as theair circulates through the radiator casing, the particles of dust and smoke are arrested and held upon the surface or within;the substance of the material. As the material here contemplated I may employ cloth or other textile fabrics of various kinds, but I preferably use loosely woven cloth made of wool,

cotton, hemp,jute'orfother vegetable fiber,

or screening cloth of wire or metal gauze, or 111 fact I may employ almost any sort of material which willjarrest and hold particles of dust while allowing the air to pass through. The material is preferably: flexible and of small mesh or of sleazy texture. Cotton flannel may be used if of such texture that the air can getthrough it freely. Howbers 32 which are mated byother snap tastoning members 33, the latter being mounted rigidly upon the lower edges 3% or" the side plates. That is to say, the ends of the dustcatchingscreeii 29 are detachably connected.

ivith the lower edges of the side plates by ,the radiat r are bent slightly inward, as in- I means of tasten ings which are of the general t d as snap tastenings for gloves.

The lower edges .34 ot' the side plates 01" dicated at the bottom of Figure 3, ,Similan ly'thelower edges 35 of the end plates are bent in vvardly.

The, sections 30 and 31V e like members of the screening material above. p I, J V I I p blocks areslidably and thus detachably titdescribed. The sections 30 and l arealike,

,and each at its upper end is, secured by snap .fastenmgs 36,.to any convement part of the casing frame, and at its bottom end itv isse tions. 30 and 31.

cured by fastenings 37 to the lower edge 38are' not essential, and may be omitted. I

.Eachsection 29, 30. and 31 of the dustcatching screen. graduallybecomes soiled as .it gathers dust. ,At intervals the :tastenings are disconnected, the screen section removed,..

.and. cleansed thoroughly by Washing or by.

the use of a vacuum cleaner. This done, the".

screen sections are replaced. OI" course'more than one screen section of the same kindcan be employed, one belng left in use While.

, another is being cleaned.

v The Water pan 9 is provided With a central opening 89 extending entirely through it in a vertical direction. This opening extends nearly the full length of the radiator 3 casing, as may be understood from Figure 2.

The purpose of the opening 39 is to permit jthe air, heated by the radiator, to pass'up- 'wa'rdly into thetop portion of the casing; Thisair passes through the adjacent por tion of the screen section 29, .and through "perforations 40 in the top plate 18. Mean- While, other portions of the heated air' pass r through other portions of the screen section 29 and also through the other screen sec- 'i tions 30 and 81, and out through the perforations l4.

. I find it advantageous to allovv a portion .of the-vapor from the Water pan to pass through the screen. For this purpose I pro .i vide the ater.panvvith a series of upward- 1 ly projecting domes e3, in two rows each ex tendingnearly the entire length otthecasing, these domes being provided With vapor are simply towelholes 14. Except for these vapor holes, the

a top otthe pan, so far as housed Within the casing, is closed.

I The vapor escaping through the vapor holes 18 mixed wlth the air circulating through the casing, and thus mar pan, and particularly to prevent the water from boiling, I provide a pair of blocks 453mm of asbestos or other heatinsulating materiahand also make provision for detacliably support-ingthese bl'ocks in position underneath the Water pan. @The whenin normal position so spaced apart,

as not to, obstruct the central opening 89.

Theivaterpan 8 is provided down- Wardly projecting flanges 46, 47, so formed as to constitute slideways, and the asbestos ted into these slideways. One or both of the asbestos. blocks may be used at a time, as

they are each removable and replaceable independently of the other. V

Thewater pan is provided yvith curved end portions L1, and with gratings carried by these portions. I As the ater 9 gradually dries out or passes OH in the form of vapor, it is replenished by removing the gratings, and pouring water into thegpan.

, As may be understood trom the toregoin'g description thetwo side plates and the two end plates are. easily connected together and heldby the corner rodsl7.,Byvv1thdrawing these rods the end plates side plates come apart. Similarly the slde plates and the itop plate 18 are connected together and held in position by the rods 23, are disconnectedby simply pulling out theserods.

To. removethe end plates lO -and 11 they are, simplyswung outwardly at ,the bottom and moved angularly upward to dlsconnect Water pan. To replacethem, the slots. 21

. are moved angularly downward pyerii the curved ends d1 of the Water p an, so that the end plates l0 and 11 are brought into the positions indicated for them in Flgure l.

, The operation of my device maybe understood troin the foregoing description,

, The various parts of the radiator casing being formed and assembled as aboveddescribed, and the various other parts being likewise in position, the radiator heats the air immediately around it and causes this air to pass through the dust-catching screen and throughthe perforations in theside plates,the dust from this air being arrested and held by the dust-catching screen as above described.

The various parts of the radiator c asing, together with the Water pan and the dustblock &5, are of such sizeandfform and catching screen, may be grouped together in very compact form, and as thus grouped together can be shipped and handled with a minimum of time and at relatively small expense.

The various parts are of such form as toenable them to be readily standardized.

I do not limit myself to the precise apparatus shown, as variations may be made therein Without departing from my invention, the scope of which is commensurate with my claims.

I c1a1n1 1'. The combination of a radiator casing provided with end plates having slots, and a water pan housed 'Wltllln sald radiator casing and provided with portions extending through said slots and bent upwardly.

2. The combination of a radiator'casing provided with slots, and water pan housed within said radiator casing and provided with end portions extending outwardly through said slots and bent upwardly, said end portions being open tofacilitate the escape of moisture and to facilitate the re plenishing water contained in the pan.

3. A device of the character described, comprising a radiator casing provided with slots, a water pan housed within said casing and provided with portions extending through said slots and upwardly therefrom,

said water pan being provided with vapor fying air therein.

4. A device ofthe-character described, comprising a radiator casing and a water pan housed within said radiator casing, and a member having low heat conductivity and detachably connected with the bottom of said water pan, to prevent said water pan and its contents from becoming overheated.

5. A device of the character described, comprising a water pan provided with projecting flanges, blocks of heat insulating material engaging said flanges for preventing the water in said pan from boiling, andmeans for discharging vapor from the water in said pan into said casing.

6. A device ofthe character described, comprising acasing for enclosing a radiator, and a water pan located within said casing for the purpose of being heated by said radiator, said water pan being provided with an open passage extending vertically through it in order to permit air to circulate through said water pan, and also providedwith a covering having holes to permit the discharge of vapor within said casing.

Signed at New York city, in the county of 7 New York and State'of New York, this 14th day of December, 1925.

,cHARLEs' KASPER VOLCK-ENING.

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